By Ei Ei Thu | Tuesday, 26 January 2016 Heritage zones in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, are under threat due to renovations that have altered the designs of ancient pagodas, the Mrauk-U Heritage Trust claims. Nuns pray in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing / The Myanmar Times The Department of Archaeology and the National Museum in Sittwe are both operating construction sites. “They have destroyed the ancient architecture. For example, everyone who comes to visit the Ko Thaung Pagoda agrees that the renovation is badly done because it now looks totally different from its original design,” said Daw Khin Than, chair of the Mrauk-U Heritage Trust. Ko Thaung Pagoda – a name which translates to “90,000 Pagodas” – is the largest in Mrauk-U. The Mrauk-U Heritage Trust is also concerned about the construction of a museum in the heritage zone, on the site of an old colonial building . “They received a budget of K300 million for the construction and now they want to spend